Information Visualisation Design Studio (DECO3100)

UNIT OF STUDY

The field of information visualisation focuses on how non-physical data can be effectively represented to users, in an interactive and automatic way. This unit of study introduces the principles of information visualisation design, with special attention to aesthetic communication of data, metaphoric mapping, human-computer interaction, user engagement, and interdisciplinary insights. Key concepts covered in this unit include: abstract data visualisation (graphical, ambient or non-visual); metaphor creation and evaluation; interdisciplinary influences; generative design algorithms; data acquisition, parsing and processing. Using a combination of digital image manipulation tools and programming languages for processing data, students will develop information visualisations of real-world datasets that are both communicative and engaging.

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